Improving tactical information for AI

[lukep]

- Block no longer used as an attack at long range

Might want to allow this if they have Wave of Power off cooldown.

Slingers can also benefit from counterstrikes at long range, but I think it's too rare to have your target attack you (with the right damage type), then you attack your target when you are far apart from each other. I may have it check riposte though...

[aardvark]

New version coming, but a inscrutable bug first:

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newai(Talents.T_BLOCK, { ATTACK = function(self, t, target) if target and core.fov.distance(self.x, self.y, target.x, target.y) > 1 then return 0 end return 4 end, DEFEND = 3 })

Why doesn't that work?

The only possible problem I can see is missing checks for target.x and target.y. Try

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newai(Talents.T_BLOCK, { ATTACK = function(self, t, target) if target and target.x and target.y and core.fov.distance(self.x, self.y, target.x, target.y) <= 1 then return 4 end return 0 end, DEFEND = 3 })

and see what happens. This way it returns 0 if there's no viable target or the target is out of range.

[lukep]

HUGE bug fixed: I was preventing anything from being calculated properly. Replaced all uppercase types (eg. ATTACK, BUFF) with lowercase ones (eg. attack, buff). This also seems to fix the block issue, which was just the same bug, but I noticed it sooner.

Also, Rush is now only used from range 2, and disable's weight reduced to (attack weight/2 + best disable value), from (attack weight + best disable value).

[aardvark]

HUGE bug fixed: I was preventing anything from being calculated properly. Replaced all uppercase types (eg. ATTACK, BUFF) with lowercase ones (eg. attack, buff). This also seems to fix the block issue, which was just the same bug, but I noticed it sooner.

That is huge! And a quick check shows that the tactical AI in 1.0 and current svn has the same bug. I wonder if how much smarter the native AI would get even without your tweaks if this was fixed.

[lukep]

That is huge! And a quick check shows that the tactical AI in 1.0 and current svn has the same bug. I wonder if how much smarter the native AI would get even without your tweaks if this was fixed.

Not a bug in the main version. IIRC, it runs the talents through function that does that automatically.

In my bugged version,

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=game.player:getTalentFromId(game.player.T_BLOCK).tactical

(changed in my addon) returned (...) ATTACK (...) , while

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=game.player:getTalentFromId(game.player.T_SPIT_POISON).tactical

(unchanged) returned (...) "attack" (...)

EDIT: and, after a bit of preliminary testing, rares seem smarter, deadlier, and more aggressive. Of course, it still doesn't help when they spawn with mis-matched talents and weapons.

[aardvark]

You're right. It's in data/talents.lua. It looks like you could use the "ToME:load" hook to "superload" the newTalent() function with one that changes your tactical tables to lowercase, just like data/talents.lua does for the current tables. That would make your changes easier for darkgod to pull into trunk, if he decides to do that.

[stinkstink]

How are you handling Fearscape? Because the priority should be dialed way down if the user isn't a demon somehow, or the target is.

[lukep]

I've left it as-is, which is to say, that it should only be used against targets that have finished the game, if I'm reading it right. (same for Dreamscape).

Also, I just added a lower-casing part to my function, so I can keep it looking the same as it is in the talents files.

Idea: add/remove parts of this addon, and make the final bosses fight each other to objectively see if it is helping them be deadlier. I'm thinking 1v1 sun paladin vs. reaver.

[darkgod]

Interesting; know that my eye is on you !

[HousePet]

The Evil Eye!

Hmmm that could be a nice artifact name...

[Amphouse]

Haven't tried this yet, but I was wondering if you have done anything about how enemies use traps and other trap-like talents, because right now they are really stupid about it; they tend to use them on the space you are currently standing, which doesn't trigger them. They should try to place them in front of you to block your advance, or perhaps behind you to block your escape.

[lukep]

Haven't tried this yet, but I was wondering if you have done anything about how enemies use traps and other trap-like talents, because right now they are really stupid about it; they tend to use them on the space you are currently standing, which doesn't trigger them. They should try to place them in front of you to block your advance, or perhaps behind you to block your escape.

I haven't done anything with traps, or glyphs, or aether beam/breach, or aiming summons, or manually aiming to hit/miss different targets. All of those changes would be good, but quite difficult to do, and (necessarily) have very small niches. I probably won't do anything about them, and if I do, it would be after all of the easier work is done.

[lukep]

I got through the rest of the talents (total number of talents altered: 261).

Next up:
- better, universal damage estimator (and using it in stuff), also, a effect application chance calculator like "_M:canBe("foo")", but returning a percentage instead.
- new (NPC-exclusive) talents like "switch to fire infusion" and "spike physical psionic shield".
- look at making CURE into mental, physical, and magical, at least.
- bug testing

Maybe:
- Silence is better on spellcasters, disable is better on melee/archer, removing buffs is better when they have buffs,

[darkgod]

Why dont you upload it to te4.org

[lukep]

Done. (Download link, Forum Link.)